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RAVANASTRON , an See also:Indian stringed See also:instrument played with a See also:bow, used by wandering pilgrims. A See also:Hindu tradition affirms that the musical bow was invented before 3000 B.C. by Ravanon, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Ceylon, and that the instrument for which he invented it was named after him Ravanastron.1 Judging from precedent, it is probable that the ravanastron of the See also:present See also:day has changed little, if at all, for many centuries. It consists of See also:half a See also:round See also:gourd, over which is fixed a See also:sound-See also:board of skin or See also:parchment; to this See also:primitive See also:body without incurvation is attached a See also:neck about twice the length of the body. The strings are either one or four in number, the pegs being set in the sides of the neck. The See also:bridge is primitive and either straight or slightly arched, so that in bowing more than one See also:string sounds at once.
The ravanastron is regarded by some writers as the first ancestor of the See also:violin, on See also:account of the alleged invention of the bow for use with it. This theory can only be accepted by those who consider the bow, which after all was See also:common to such inferior See also:instruments as the See also:- REBEC, or REBECK (Med. Fr. rubebe, rebelle, rebec, gigue; Ger. Rubeba, Rebek, Geige, Lyra ; Ital. ribeba, ribeca, lyra; Sp. rabel, rabeca, rave, rabe)
rebec, as of See also:paramount importance, and the structural features of the instrument itself, the See also:box sound-See also:chest with ribs, which have always belonged to the most See also:artistic types of instruments, such as the See also:cithara and the See also:guitar-See also:fiddle, as of secondary importance.
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